Author: Mohan Nasre

Running a small business is hard at the best of times. Cashflow is tight, regulatory costs stack up, and any unexpected pressure can push things from manageable to genuinely stressful very quickly. Dubai’s latest economic relief package — worth Dh1 billion and approved by Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum — is a direct response to exactly that reality. Rolled out from April 1 over a three to six month window, the initiative is focused on SMEs, tourism businesses, and trade — the sectors that form the real working backbone of the city’s economy. This isn’t…

If you haven’t made plans for the night of April 22nd yet, here’s a reason to. The Lyrid meteor shower — one of the oldest and most reliable annual sky events — is currently active and hitting its peak right now, with the best viewing stretching from the late night of April 22 into the early hours of April 23. For people in Dubai and across the Middle East, this is genuinely good timing. Clear skies, low humidity, and vast stretches of dark desert on the doorstep make this region one of the better places on earth to catch a…

Dubai unveils major metro expansion with Gold Line to ease congestion and connect key districts. Dubai just announced something that’s going to change how a large chunk of the city gets around. The new Metro Gold Line has been officially unveiled, and on paper at least, it looks like one of the most significant transport investments the emirate has made in a long time. The Gold Line isn’t a small extension tacked onto an existing route. It’s a full 42-kilometre line with 18 stations covering 15 strategic areas across the city — running all the way from Al Ghubaiba in…

DMCC has announced the launch of two new commercial towers in Uptown Dubai, and the scale of the project makes it one of the more significant office developments the district has seen so far. The towers — named One Uptown Place and Two Uptown Place — will together add more than 560,000 square feet of Grade A office space to the area. Once complete, that pushes Uptown Dubai’s total commercial capacity past one million square feet. For a district that’s been quietly positioning itself as a serious global business address, this is a meaningful jump. What’s Actually Being Built Both…

If you thought Dubai’s airports were already impressive, the city has much bigger plans in motion. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum recently led a high-level review of Dubai’s aviation sector, and the message coming out of it was clear — the expansion is continuing, and the ambitions haven’t shrunk one bit. The review covered the performance of Dubai Airports, Emirates, and flydubai while also laying out where things are headed. More capacity, better infrastructure, and a smoother experience for the hundreds of millions of passengers who move through Dubai every year. That’s the direction of travel, so…